United States vs Vietnam
United States vs Vietnam: National power
National power in 2022: 12.36% of world capability in United States and 1.11% of world capability in Vietnam, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in United States, by 11.25 percentage points, or 11 times that in Vietnam.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1976.
- In 2022, United States ranked 2 and Vietnam ranked 19 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | United States | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.36 | 1.11 |
| 2021 | 12.11 | 1.16 |
| 2020 | 12.44 | 1.15 |
| 2019 | 12.61 | 1.12 |
| 2018 | 11.99 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 12.16 | 1.04 |
| 2016 | 13.33 | 0.95 |
| 2015 | 13.34 | 1.05 |
| 2014 | 12.97 | 0.91 |
| 2013 | 13.29 | 0.89 |
| 2012 | 13.92 | 0.88 |
| 2011 | 14.31 | 0.85 |
| 2010 | 14.79 | 0.83 |
| 2009 | 14.59 | 0.81 |
| 2008 | 14.78 | 0.81 |
| 2007 | 14.97 | 0.82 |
| 2006 | 15.45 | 0.82 |
| 2005 | 15.66 | 0.83 |
| 2004 | 15.17 | 0.81 |
| 2003 | 15.21 | 0.8 |
| 2002 | 15.37 | 0.8 |
| 2001 | 14.17 | 0.79 |
| 2000 | 14.29 | 0.77 |
| 1999 | 14.27 | 0.75 |
| 1998 | 14.17 | 0.87 |
| 1997 | 13.97 | 0.86 |
| 1996 | 13.86 | 0.85 |
| 1995 | 14.06 | 0.84 |
| 1994 | 14.59 | 0.87 |
| 1993 | 15.37 | 0.96 |
| 1992 | 14.85 | 0.95 |
| 1991 | 13.73 | 1.06 |
| 1990 | 14.14 | 0.97 |
| 1989 | 14.82 | 1.11 |
| 1988 | 13.45 | 1.11 |
| 1987 | 13.4 | 1.3 |
| 1986 | 13.53 | 1.13 |
| 1985 | 13.73 | 0.99 |
| 1984 | 13.56 | 1.1 |
| 1983 | 13.29 | 1.17 |
| 1982 | 12.96 | 1.15 |
| 1981 | 13.8 | 1.14 |
| 1980 | 13.31 | 1.08 |
| 1979 | 13.72 | 0.89 |
| 1978 | 13.97 | 0.9 |
| 1977 | 14.18 | 0.88 |
| 1976 | 14.25 | 0.88 |
| 1975 | 14.39 | – |
| 1974 | 15.27 | – |
| 1973 | 15.88 | – |
| 1972 | 16.47 | – |
| 1971 | 17 | – |
| 1970 | 18.1 | – |
| 1969 | 19.8 | – |
| 1968 | 20.34 | – |
| 1967 | 20.85 | – |
| 1966 | 20.87 | – |
| 1965 | 20.15 | – |
| 1964 | 20.3 | – |
| 1963 | 20.8 | – |
| 1962 | 20.99 | – |
| 1961 | 21.07 | – |
| 1960 | 21.54 | – |
| 1959 | 22.9 | – |
| 1958 | 23.45 | – |
| 1957 | 25.5 | – |
| 1956 | 26.06 | – |
| 1955 | 26.64 | – |
| 1954 | 28.09 | – |
| 1953 | 31.12 | – |
| 1952 | 31.14 | – |
| 1951 | 31.95 | – |
| 1950 | 28.44 | – |
| 1949 | 27.32 | – |
| 1948 | 29.47 | – |
| 1947 | 30.99 | – |
| 1946 | 36.4 | – |
| 1945 | 38.39 | – |
| 1944 | 35.06 | – |
| 1943 | 34.56 | – |
| 1942 | 28.55 | – |
| 1941 | 24.45 | – |
| 1940 | 20.19 | – |
| 1939 | 18.2 | – |
| 1938 | 17.08 | – |
| 1937 | 20.09 | – |
| 1936 | 20.6 | – |
| 1935 | 19.32 | – |
| 1934 | 19.74 | – |
| 1933 | 20.51 | – |
| 1932 | 19.72 | – |
| 1931 | 21.6 | – |
| 1930 | 22.81 | – |
| 1929 | 23.98 | – |
| 1928 | 24.01 | – |
| 1927 | 23.86 | – |
| 1926 | 26.33 | – |
| 1925 | 25.4 | – |
| 1924 | 25.36 | – |
| 1923 | 27.21 | – |
| 1922 | 25.56 | – |
| 1921 | 25.32 | – |
| 1920 | 28.96 | – |
| 1919 | 38.13 | – |
| 1918 | 29.49 | – |
| 1917 | 24.4 | – |
| 1916 | 23.29 | – |
| 1915 | 22.21 | – |
| 1914 | 20.64 | – |
| 1913 | 21.99 | – |
| 1912 | 22.48 | – |
| 1911 | 21.62 | – |
| 1910 | 22.65 | – |
| 1909 | 22.52 | – |
| 1908 | 20.32 | – |
| 1907 | 22.77 | – |
| 1906 | 21.83 | – |
| 1905 | 21.38 | – |
| 1904 | 20.49 | – |
| 1903 | 21.05 | – |
| 1902 | 20.77 | – |
| 1901 | 20.26 | – |
| 1900 | 18.8 | – |
| 1899 | 18.55 | – |
| 1898 | 19.71 | – |
| 1897 | 16.91 | – |
| 1896 | 16 | – |
| 1895 | 16.81 | – |
| 1894 | 15.44 | – |
| 1893 | 16.57 | – |
| 1892 | 17.33 | – |
| 1891 | 16.56 | – |
| 1890 | 16.54 | – |
| 1889 | 15.48 | – |
| 1888 | 15.23 | – |
| 1887 | 15.11 | – |
| 1886 | 14.61 | – |
| 1885 | 13.13 | – |
| 1884 | 13.14 | – |
| 1883 | 13.13 | – |
| 1882 | 13.1 | – |
| 1881 | 12.64 | – |
| 1880 | 12.55 | – |
| 1879 | 12.03 | – |
| 1878 | 10.83 | – |
| 1877 | 10.47 | – |
| 1876 | 10.19 | – |
| 1875 | 10.7 | – |
| 1874 | 11.42 | – |
| 1873 | 11.63 | – |
| 1872 | 11.53 | – |
| 1871 | 9.84 | – |
| 1870 | 9.9 | – |
| 1869 | 10.8 | – |
| 1868 | 10.66 | – |
| 1867 | 11.41 | – |
| 1866 | 9.82 | – |
| 1865 | 13.55 | – |
| 1864 | 19.29 | – |
| 1863 | 17.9 | – |
| 1862 | 17.64 | – |
| 1861 | 14.44 | – |
| 1860 | 7.74 | – |
| 1859 | 8.31 | – |
| 1858 | 8.34 | – |
| 1857 | 8.33 | – |
| 1856 | 7.84 | – |
| 1855 | 7.6 | – |
| 1854 | 7.42 | – |
| 1853 | 7.87 | – |
| 1852 | 7.19 | – |
| 1851 | 6.77 | – |
| 1850 | 7.25 | – |
| 1849 | 7.31 | – |
| 1848 | 8.72 | – |
| 1847 | 8.45 | – |
| 1846 | 8.28 | – |
| 1845 | 6.17 | – |
| 1844 | 5.73 | – |
| 1843 | 5.11 | – |
| 1842 | 4.93 | – |
| 1841 | 5.09 | – |
| 1840 | 4.96 | – |
| 1839 | 5.08 | – |
| 1838 | 5.33 | – |
| 1837 | 5.35 | – |
| 1836 | 5.1 | – |
| 1835 | 4.85 | – |
| 1834 | 4.78 | – |
| 1833 | 4.81 | – |
| 1832 | 4.45 | – |
| 1831 | 4.2 | – |
| 1830 | 3.85 | – |
| 1829 | 3.75 | – |
| 1828 | 3.57 | – |
| 1827 | 3.57 | – |
| 1826 | 3.64 | – |
| 1825 | 3.42 | – |
| 1824 | 3.3 | – |
| 1823 | 3.31 | – |
| 1822 | 3.29 | – |
| 1821 | 3.42 | – |
| 1820 | 3.71 | – |
| 1819 | 3.71 | – |
| 1818 | 3.61 | – |
| 1817 | 3.58 | – |
| 1816 | 3.97 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
United States vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyUnited States: 79.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityUnited States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityUnited States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterUnited States: 97.5% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionUnited States: 4.84% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateUnited States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationUnited States: 344 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthUnited States: 0.58% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateUnited States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationUnited States: 80.2% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageUnited States: 38 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overUnited States: 17.4% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateUnited States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingUnited States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsUnited States: $929B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personUnited States: $2,755 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingUnited States: 8.3% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelUnited States: 1.4 million people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workersUnited States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsUnited States: 745 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsUnited States: 14 billion TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018